We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
244 of its 408 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Colombo accounted for 193 of Sri Lanka's 244 stories about harm, carried by 275 outlets. 181 of Colombo's 193 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (169 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
49 of its 87 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Havana accounted for 23 of Cuba's 49 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
89 of its 163 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Tehran accounted for 53 of Iran's 89 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (36 stories).
14 of its 28 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).
26 of its 58 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
11 of its 27 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 3 of Bellavista's 3 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
8 of its 16 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
194 of its 305 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Jenin accounted for 153 of Palestine's 194 stories about harm, carried by 369 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
67 of its 234 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories).
6 of its 11 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 3 of Grand Anse's 3 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: cyclone in India (80 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heatwave in Australia (22 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); flooding in Russia (17 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); tsunami in China (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in US (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 May. The big dot is this day; the shaded band is a normal day (the 30 days before it). Click a day to open it. Based on 18,820 stories about harm among 88,090 counted on 11 May.
Of the day's 88,090 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 11 May 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 21 today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
The day's biggest events: attacks, accidents and disasters, people displaced, protests, outbreaks. Bigger dot: more stories. Ranked by the share of the day's outlets that reported it and how clearly it was about one thing, the same way for every place and year; the news data does not say who attacked whom, so both sides of a war appear where the news put them. Click a dot for its stories.
Of the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.
Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.
The words in the day's stories were about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.
From the words reporters used across the whole day, never one story. Fear is the weakest of the four measures. How?
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